Oh man I'm so happy someone finally asked this question. I work at Geek Squad. That place is such a rip off. They hire people who have no knowledge whatsoever besides the fact that at one point and time they were A+ certified. My manager operates on that fact alone completely ignoring the fact that everyone under him knows 10 times the amount he does.
Financially Geek Squad is a total rip off. It hurts me every time I ring up a person. It really does. Mainly on the fact that these people are paying for things you could google and walk through the solutions yourself. A lot of the times the solutions are along the lines of uninstall and reinstall. I try not to charge for those, but my manager is a hard ass on that sort mindset, mainly because Best Buy is just a sad money oriented place. They operate on who sells what and how many accesories they can attach in order to raise their revenue and GMP.
Bottom line Geek Squad associates know nothing, and it's a total rip off. Best Buy is a horrible place to buy things, if you dont work there. Oh yes and the cable discount is ridiculously good.
I'm 19. To politely state how I feel about my generation is that I strongly dislike them. What's worse though is having to deal with adults at my college, who attend to get a "second chance" at whatever it is they want. What's annoying about them is that they are immature. They act exactly like my generation. A group of people who are more focused on social aesthetics rather than concerning themselves with the overall good, they don't even focus on a goal besides graduating.
It's annoying, and it probably won't stop. Education is being pushed on younger people to attend at an early age so they don't have to go back, or won't have to do a lot of work later in life while raising kids, and that might make it change because they'll be able to focus on adult responsibilties and socialize with people who are farther along in their life.
As far as people in "the west" living in cushy little houses and having everything provided for them by their hardworking parents, that is untrue. My mom made me go get a job. My mom told me if I didn't save money that I would be the man who had to walk to work because he blew it on a game system instead of preparing for an accident from his car or saving for my retirement. Currently I'm renting my own house leased under my own name and sure I had her help finding it, but it's me and my roommates paying for it. She prepared me for it, but I am proof that "the west" doesn't have everything given to them and that some of my generation can appreciate deeper things than how many friends you have on myspace, or who got drunk at what party. Personally I find my generation offensive, but that's just me.
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Oh man I'm so happy someone finally asked this question. I work at Geek Squad. That place is such a rip off. They hire people who have no knowledge whatsoever besides the fact that at one point and time they were A+ certified. My manager operates on that fact alone completely ignoring the fact that everyone under him knows 10 times the amount he does. Financially Geek Squad is a total rip off. It hurts me every time I ring up a person. It really does. Mainly on the fact that these people are paying for things you could google and walk through the solutions yourself. A lot of the times the solutions are along the lines of uninstall and reinstall. I try not to charge for those, but my manager is a hard ass on that sort mindset, mainly because Best Buy is just a sad money oriented place. They operate on who sells what and how many accesories they can attach in order to raise their revenue and GMP. Bottom line Geek Squad associates know nothing, and it's a total rip off. Best Buy is a horrible place to buy things, if you dont work there. Oh yes and the cable discount is ridiculously good.
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I'm 19. To politely state how I feel about my generation is that I strongly dislike them. What's worse though is having to deal with adults at my college, who attend to get a "second chance" at whatever it is they want. What's annoying about them is that they are immature. They act exactly like my generation. A group of people who are more focused on social aesthetics rather than concerning themselves with the overall good, they don't even focus on a goal besides graduating. It's annoying, and it probably won't stop. Education is being pushed on younger people to attend at an early age so they don't have to go back, or won't have to do a lot of work later in life while raising kids, and that might make it change because they'll be able to focus on adult responsibilties and socialize with people who are farther along in their life. As far as people in "the west" living in cushy little houses and having everything provided for them by their hardworking parents, that is untrue. My mom made me go get a job. My mom told me if I didn't save money that I would be the man who had to walk to work because he blew it on a game system instead of preparing for an accident from his car or saving for my retirement. Currently I'm renting my own house leased under my own name and sure I had her help finding it, but it's me and my roommates paying for it. She prepared me for it, but I am proof that "the west" doesn't have everything given to them and that some of my generation can appreciate deeper things than how many friends you have on myspace, or who got drunk at what party. Personally I find my generation offensive, but that's just me.